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FIRE PROPAGATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

The penetration and travel of fire through openings and concealed spaces.

OBS

Fire propagation carries the sense of fire traveling through a gas or vapor in three-dimensional space; fire spread is more appropriately descriptive of fire travel across surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
CONT

La prévention incendie ne consiste pas uniquement à prendre les mesures nécessaires pour éviter l'éclosion d'un foyer mais doit comprendre aussi les mesures propres à éviter la propagation du feu. La croissance du foyer d'origine sera fonction de plusieurs facteurs: la conductibilité des matériaux, dispositions de ceux-ci les uns envers les autres, les cheminements naturels de circulation des gaz.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fuegos y explosiones
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